Taifa of Valencia

The Taifa of Valencia was a Muslim taifa that existed in and around Valencia, Spain from 1010 to 1238, with Valencia serving as its capital. The taifa was one of the Moorish kingdoms that emerged from the disintegration of the Caliphate of Cordoba, and it existed from 1010 to 1065, from 1075 to 1099, from 1145 to 1147, and from 1229 to 1238, when it was finally conquered by Aragon. From 1094 to 1099, the kingdom was briefly subjected to the rule of the legendary warrior El Cid.